"Sympathectomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The removal or interruption of some part of the sympathetic nervous system for therapeutic or research purposes.
| Descriptor ID |
D013562
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.525.210.105.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Sympathectomy- Sympathectomy
- Sympathectomies
- Sympathetic Denervation
- Denervation, Sympathetic
- Denervations, Sympathetic
- Sympathetic Denervations
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sympathectomy" by people in Profiles.
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New directions for sympathetic denervation. Heart Rhythm. 2021 10; 18(10):1758-1759.
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Cardiac sympathectomy and spinal cord stimulation attenuate reflex-mediated norepinephrine release during ischemia preventing ventricular fibrillation. JCI Insight. 2019 12 05; 4(23).
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Ablation of Neuroaxial in Patients with Ventricular Tachycardia. Card Electrophysiol Clin. 2019 12; 11(4):625-634.
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New approaches for treating atrial fibrillation: Focus on autonomic modulation. Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2020 10; 30(7):433-439.
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A perspective on sympathetic renal denervation in chronic congestive heart failure. Heart Fail Rev. 2016 Jan; 21(1):1-10.
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Neuromodulation for cardiac arrhythmia. Heart Rhythm. 2016 Feb; 13(2):584-92.
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Renal sympathetic denervation for treatment of ventricular arrhythmias: a review on current experimental and clinical findings. Clin Res Cardiol. 2015 Jul; 104(7):535-43.
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Catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation significantly inhibits atrial fibrillation induced by electrical stimulation of the left stellate ganglion and rapid atrial pacing. PLoS One. 2013; 8(11):e78218.
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A randomized comparison of pulmonary vein isolation with versus without concomitant renal artery denervation in patients with refractory symptomatic atrial fibrillation and resistant hypertension. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Sep 17; 62(12):1129-1130.
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Letter to the editor in response to the Ukena et al. article regarding the effects of renal denervation on HR and AV conduction. Int J Cardiol. 2013 Sep 30; 168(2):1535.